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• Nineteen deaths Y 4ocs,urted in
Hensall and vicinity daring two months
t4 and 10 days:--.
fa�rrm in Hibbert, to, his neighbor John
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°lohn Taylor of Chiselhurst has sold his...x
nom* a'i*r''za '� :.,'at- t '•` �. ':
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Worden. The price paid was $5,000.
s , Many friends of Perry Overholt of
t Brucefield regretto learn of his death. He
F �rx �" was.,£9r; several years .employed by Wrai
McMik)an of the London Road.
H There is some talk of petitioning the Bell
Telephone Co. to extend their wires and -
�,f;�`�, put an instrument in the village of 0
• � �r ,,�, , • Brucefield.
The grist mill at Zurich has started to run
�:"k��`� , F i r
i l r>k b�� ,y again and is busy ni ht and day in order to
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supply the demand
41 Several farmers in) the vicinity of
- y Seaforth say they were plowing last year on
The transportati n mess ' S rin fio►odin - the 28th of March.
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• • There are several cases of scarlet fe-ver
- in town but none of them of a very serious
Citizens • have become so used to encouraged to see profit not service to
doubletalk from all levels of all Canadians, as. its primary aim.
government that they are more than In establishing the Canadian
slightly taken aback when someone in Transport commission several years
government admits in black and ago, parliament saw• this as a solution
white, right there in the daily to the railway problems that had `
newspaper that his department is a
nature.
The Social'Twelve are giving � dance in
Cardno's Hall. The music will be furni.she;� . iii
hY the *J ondon HarQers. -
Dr. McKay drove in '. from Mr.
Hoggarth's in Hibbert, a .distance of 11
miles with Dr. Scott's •ponies in a cutter in
55 minutes and he had to'hold the little
4P.1 1 b k all the W.
mess,and that he doesn't know what
Plagued Canada since Confederation.
Unfortunately, as Mr. Marchand tells
liectoracCowan , of Illinois, an old
is going On:
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us, While the problems have been
Canadians, weary of winter, are taking,
in
1 can't kick, however. I'll .bet I was the I
McKillo bo is here purchasing a lot of :. .
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thoroughbred cattle to take with him to
But we read it and it, must be true..
removed from• the political arena they
advantage of the school winter break
Ever-increasing numbers to get away from
only P.Q.W. who rode across the German-
bgrder on a bicycle. `I couldn't walk
Illinois. '
Federal Minister of Transport, Jean
by no means have been solved.
the true', north, strong and freezing.
because of a well -aimed kick on the
James Beattie purposes erecting a
Marchand, Said last week• that he
Service, whether it be for people or
Colleagues casually mention that they're
kneecap, and'`they were sure as -hell not
residenc4 on his lot adjoining
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'doesn't know who is managing
for the movement of less profitable
off to the Caribbean or Mexico or the
Canary islands it's
going to carry me., so they let me ride one
W.D.Bright's residence.
James Thom son's mill at Bayfield
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Canada's transportation policy, that
bulk products, too frequently appears
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or. some such exotica,
considered passe theso days to go merely
of their bikes.
I'll never forget the first place we stayed
grist
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is now in good running order.
Canada has nq comprehensive
to have become a forgotten Word as
to Florida.at,
in Germany. It was my first taste of that
As John Fraser of Bayfield was returning
transportation policy 'and that
in Canada is "a
far as the railways are concerned. `
Despite fact few
Students will.•be descending'in throngs
on like Athens, Rome, Paris,
old-world charm. It lacked a few of the
North Americans
from his farm his horse upset the cutter at
the hollow of the hill. The shaft entered the
transportation
the of us used the
prace.i
amenities we spoiled
mess".
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coal service that was available to us in
London.
are accustomed to, but it had a quaintness ;
horses left shoulder causing a very serious
rural Canada, we wonder now, given
Chief reason is that air travel is no longer
all its own. It was 'a barn. ' There was
injury.
Mr. Marchand's candor certainly
the advantage of hind sight if train
for the riot only• Package deals and charter
nobody there but .us chickens,. the cattle,
MARCH 28, 1924
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was refreshing but it didn't tell thoseand:
service should have been 'ended to the
flights -put amid -winter bre k %%ithin reach
of os ordinary Jeyes.
the tour guides.
Upwards of -150 neighbors and friends
Of US Who live In rural •areas
At that, it was practically cos after a
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gathered at the home of Mr. Angus More,
"serviced" (we use the word loosely)
s7,11 towns Of this country.
A friend of mine, for exam fle, C going
a
d•ith his wife for a week i he Channel
couple of weeks livin in a box car, in
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McKillop, to bid farewell to him and' his
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by the Canadian National Railways or
With energy crisis ' and fuel
Islands, those tiny bits between. England
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Holland. It was a mite chill being
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November, but we paired off and curled up
r family before they moved to their home in
C•�hicago: During the evening the group
the Canadian Pacific Railway
shortages inflation' It IS now
and France. Air fare is only •$209 each,
And do know they're
in the hay, like so many sets of spoons. I
presented all of them with gifts and an
anything new, v
return. you what
drew a big, ugly Canadian private from St,
address.
admitted that trains continue to be a
paying for a hotel room with bath, and'
Catharines with a bullet wound in his neck -.
'a
Mr. Shepherd of. Clinton tilled the
RuralCanadians know that
sensible, economic Way to move
three meals a day? Twenty-eight lopsy
which stankbit. But he was warm.
'delightful
in the Molsons Bank in Brueefield
trans ortation in this county is a
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people and goods. And in future the
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pounds a week, because it's the off season.
One of our next` stops was the `:
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,position
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in the absence of Mr. Driver.
mess. Thanks to the railways being
high speed trains being developed 'in
That is about 60 bucks. They couldn't stay
home for much less.
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old city of Brunswick, where we spent an_
Congratulations are in order ,for
allowed to phase out all rail
Europe may give both the private .ear
Well, I'm not one for skulking off to the
enchanting three hours in the air raid
shelter, auring a raid. •It•w•as worth it. The '
W.BKerr, whose article "Historical
Review" has received much favorable
operations it judged unprofitable,
and the" airplane a run for their
south and leaving other Canadians to •.
German equivalent of ,Red Cross ladies
comment, which appeared in the Globe.
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(authorized b the 1967 National
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moFle y•
suffer. i had a choice. 1 could go over to see
Grandad, or fly to Crehmany for a few days.
gave us coffee, ersa4but hot, the first hot
Mr. Kerr is a son of Mr. and Mrs, James ,
Railway. Act which Mr. Marchand
Free. It;s not that 1 don't respect and
drink we'd had for days.
Kerr of Seaforth.
says was a mistake) people in the
We can see the future now. All over
admire my father-in-law, -but for some..
Some other highlights Pt my, visit, were:
The stores of Stewart Bros, and J.
'pow
small centres have had little access to
rural Ontario the railways will be
reason I chose Germany. y
the interrogation centre and "solitary"
Frankfort; through
MacTavish presented a eriost attractive
agpearancelastweek,�vhei'They the
Canada's network of public
scurrying around, trying. to buy. back
I hope I get a better reception than I did
near rolling on a train a
night attack on Leipzig, windows
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gave
ublic an opportunity of see the new
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transportation for several years.
those weather beaten old' train
last time 1 visited that county y.
Last time I ventured into Germany was
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shattering, flares and bombs falling; a look
spring hats.
Non -drivers, many of them senior
stations that they have recently been
almost thirty ears a o. There was a fairlyfrom
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a train at the' appalling rubble of
a
Mrs.,,W..Edmonds, Goderich St. West
selling off in every Small town where,
large and assorted company in the group I
Hamburg; hitch -hiking back from deep
left for Toronto where she will enter the
citizens, are Lucky if their villages or
rail service has been dropped, as
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-corporals,
travelled with: privates, p
inside the Russian lines to Rostock;,a yisit
hospital for an operation.
toVvns are serviced by a daily bus (hat
uneconomic!
seMeants and ones Flying Officer - me.
'to the concentration camp at Celle.
Leslie McKay, who has been clerking in
can transport them to prban: ,train
we. had no trouble getting into
This visit couldn't be more interesting,
Henry Edge's hardware store .left for
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stations. In places where buses have
gone the Way of trains, they must
We welcome Mr. Marchand's
German even though we had no
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passports. Perhaps it was because, of the
but it should be more comfortable, I'm not
going by bicyc(e,'but by jet. And my kid
�\ Toronto.
The Palace Rink in. Seaforth closed for
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„forthrightness in admitting .failure of
efficiency of our tour guides. There were
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brother %the Colonel is over there. He
the season. In point' of attendance of
depend on the..charity and goodwill of
what arl,iament had hoped was a
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eight of them, and they were extremely
didn't know enough to get out of the air
skaters, hockey and curling, the seasin has
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friends.
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Solution to the railway problem. Its
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attentive. The would even accom an one
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force, and has nothing to .1Qok forward'to
been a most successful one.
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T:S.Striith of town shipped' a car,,of 18
The CNR, supposedly' 'a public
most unusual in today -'s polities.
when one had to relieve oneself. .
but a big, fat pension' any day now. But
choice heavy horses from Seaforth station.
corporation run for the benefit of the
Ncfw the question is: What is going to
The guides were tastefully arrayed in
field -gray, . and had similar accessories -
lied better, have the band out, the red
carpet down, and the liebfraumilch laid on,
,
They averaged 6700 lbs. eaci� and the top
Canadian people has beer '•
be'done about it?
guns:
or he's in deep. trouble.
price paid was $240.00:
'Morrison'
James of Chiselhurst, held an
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auction sale which was largely attended,in
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spite of the bad roa. 'Mr. Reed','of
Fullarton was the auctioneer, th is being'his
first sale.
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Letter to the- editor: Arch Hodgert, of Chiselhursthas rented
his SO acre farm to James Hodgert kvho will
take possession in April,.]fs tlate'. t stop HY:dro Roberr`ng weed of Varna has a gang of
reader s men cutting wood in Ament's bush.p—� y s The play "Martha Made Over" under
To the editor:IF A the auspices of.. the Junior and Senior
Y Our agricultural community is up in area, their preferred route is definitely the best Solandt Commission to make leagues of Winthrop Church was oneof the
arms, and rightly so. Ontario Hydro is i, for one, think that our battle is one but also 'that the proposed lines are recommendations to Cabinet. Agriculture most successfulgf;,4he season. ,.
going to cut a huge swath through some of already lost. And yet there are two essential to Ontario's electrical' s stem., has not been given an fairer consideration
our best agricultural land for its new bulk y g Y 4Al'Rit lst,1949.
g glimmers of hope. A major political decision must still be in that study than Hydro has done in their a
transmission .lines. But there's little hope - THE BETTER TO SNOW YOU' ITH made: ''ls1hi.s grid essential?`' and ,"is a work for this area. Rev. H: V. Workman has received a,
if an of stopping them.. unanimous tall to Avondale United
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Hydro plans call for a new 500,000 volt approach was not conceived in the intere'st' laird essential?" 'like .opponents of 'the Associates, the consultants hired by Hydro. D.A.McMillan of that church has been
bulk transmission grid across Ontario. As of the rural agricultural community, 1 essential' Spadina Expressway we can to do the Lennox -Oshawa study. Their
part of that plan they need a narrow bulk submit that it was conceived' by. Hydro hope that the whole grid will be approach to agriculture is definitely worse called by Northside Church to succeed
line from Bradley to Milton and a major strategists when they oaf down to'decide re-examined as a result of a bolt political than Hydro itself. Mr.Workman here.
bulk line from Win ham to the Roweliffe Motors plans 30 -ft.. addition to
g how best to do a snow job on our provincial decision. No, an independent study will not give their farm implement division ,on Goderich
Kitchener -Waterloo area and then on to government. YQu see, ` sometime after Another question one might- ask - did dgriculture its rightful place in the fabric of
Milton. Phase 111. will come Phase LV - by the end of we get to participate in deciding what the province. In Hydro's study, ?hey used a St. East. The building is the former
We in the rural cottimunity have beenMay, so says Hydro. That will be the report townships should be included in the study questionnaire to determine the relative W•A.Wright garage.
given a ortunit of participating in When a rope,he was holding snubbed .
g � „pliP Y' P P g that Hydro will submit to Cabinet with the area. "� importance of -the various concerns that or suffered a_
McGregor Rex Mc '
deciding where to put these lines. polite request: "Please give us an Order in A P19CEMEA•L APPROACH their lines will affect,., On a scale of 4 about a pole g
A year ago, Phase I meetings Council to build a transmission line Hydro's approach has been to ask for agriculture was placed at 2.83 just above badly crushed and torn finger. An
throughout the Bradley -Georgetown study through rime agricultural land." a royal of one segment of the ro osed the 2.81-rankingof visual Impact. Those employee of. Frank Kling., he was one of a -
area
P g PP g P p P gang working at RCAF, station.
area informed us about Hydro's needs and 1 can imagine that report already: "The � grid at a time. 1, find it passing strange that figures say that agriculture is just a little m James U shall, Tuekersmith, ,received
their new public participation approach. public has contributed extensively in Hydro should be giyen permission to -build ore important than the 'cultural experience Up
shall,
asked us ab ut our area and ave us ! serious injury to his leg when a cattle beast
They g helping us choose this as our best possible pieces - often ass0iing that others will be' of driving down Highway -86' (their words). he was turning out of the barn, slipped 'and'
questionnaires to out. route. Since it is imperative that we begin built - when --in faet` it does not have' i have been given a 125 page document � g PP
Last fall, Phase 11 n eetin s showed us r fell against him.
g construction as soon as possible, please permission or Ei�l�i18 the whole grid. An backing up the cultural experience rating. 1 *�
the results of 'much y' - alternate give us your rubber stamp on the d'otfed exc�sllent case in point is the expropriation have yet to see any documentation of the Elton B, Goudie, of Tu'ekersmith, had
corridors that Hydro was willing to line." of land from Bradley to Wingham for the agricultural. rating. ° the misfortune when working around a cow
consider for possible rights-of-way. The to have the animal kick him on the arm,
P g Y• Y PHONY PUBLIC PARTICIPATION lipes from Bradley to Kitchener on the OUR ONLY -OTHER HOPE '
asked tis for any items in these corridors ThThe Black Hawks, winners of the Legion
There's something phony 'about this basis of the Bruce Generating Station to Giving agriculture its proper place is
that would be seriously affected by a whole public participation thing. Our Seafotth 'study area. This will preclude that essentially a political decision - not the Bantam Hockey League, were, feted at a
transmission line, participation was first asked for in what the Bradley -,Kitchener line must go over result of a computer program. We must• chicken banquet by W.J.Duncan in the
Now Phase IiI is upon us and they have Hydro called Phase 1. But was it really Wingham. 't-onyince our government .that these Commercial Hotel. Sports officer Angus
presented .us with something called a Phase i? Not at all! -Hydro came to us with ' AN INDEPENDENT STUDY NO cc isultants are not aware of the true value McLean, acted as chairman.
'preferred route',through the townships of some decisions already made about 'this SOLUTION of agricultural land and"do not realize the ,The large and interested audience which
Turnbdr Howick, Wallace, Ma At the heart of our concern lies -tile attended the meeting called by
rY. t-1'- area. We have -only been asked to assist t �•: impact that Hydro corridors will have on
borough, Peel and probably farther east. them in deciding which good agricultural taking of prime agricultural land. Hydro' farm enterprises. „Failing this our land will J.E.Keating to consider the construction of
a memorial' centre and arena in Seaforth,
indicated that rate ers have
They are asking us whether we want them land, should be taken. has underestimated its impact on our farm soon be taken. a ie
to take 20 acres from our farm or from -our For example, were we ever asked for enterprises. But an 'independent' study it is time to write every politician w4ose' P y g o the
neighbour's. matter some thought.
g bur thoughts about this bulk grid concept can not be expected to correct this error. name you can remember and let them an enjoyable evening was spent at the
Now that the taking of our land is right at that appears so central to all of Hydro's i have no reasoh to believe that an kngw -that_ food does not groyv- on home of Ed. Davidson and Miss Bessie
our- doorstep we have taken action. proposals? No. Hydro presented its with independent study will g'vg agriculture a conductors and steel poles.,. .• .
Committee's have been formed in the . Davidson when friends and neighbors
that concept as unchafiengeabfe. fairer deal. Take for example the report departure to their
prior to their
fowttships. Letters are being written not A GLIMMER OF. HOPE just made public '•••by PHI Linew home Walton. r address was read
mited, Elbert van Donkersgoed gathered pri 1�
only to Ontario' Hydro but also to Yet here lies one of our glimmers of Environmental Consultants, on the best Secretary -Manager of the Christian
government officials and newspapers. We hope. Hydro does, in fact, not yet have the route for Hydro's Middleport to Pickering harmers Federation by Mildred McNichol. Mrs. J. Thornton,
are desparately looking for a glitter of hope authority to build this whole grid system., transmission line corridor. This 'inde-' Member of the Peel -Maryborough HydroMrs. Harry Rapson and Miss Ethel Dennis
that Hydro can be turned away from this "Hydro must prove to Cabinet not only that pendent' study will now beused 1 y the Corridor Committee -'made-the presentation of a lamp, toaster
and iron.
` A _Mrs. J.H.Elliott and Mrs. Eric Munroe,
4 • •�• I • Toronto
h it dressers conventionek attending the